Monday, March 26, 2018

Can I go to court over stolen/damaged property?

I rented a small room in a trailer from 10/19/17 through 3/22/18 I found this room by posting an ad on Craigslist. Shortly after I moved in she moved her boyfriend in. On 3/22/18 I was watching a movie in the evening when she was taking a shower and when she got out she started screaming about a diamond ring that she took off and was now missing. The only person that was in there was her boyfriend but she blamed me. The police were called and I was advised to leave because there was so much conflict. I stayed in a hotel for 2 nights and came back with a police escort to retrieve my belongings. Upon arriving the door to my room was nailed shut from the inside, I had to use her door to enter. My room was completely destroyed. Everything had been pulled out of the cupboards and gone through and broken. I'm missing a lot of things including an Apple ipad. The main thing is that I had my father's ashes in a wooden box and some jewelry. The jewelry was taken from the boxes and the wooden box that contained my fathers ashes was smashed to pieces. I have until 3/27/2018 to retrieve the rest of my belongings. I took pictures of all the damage and saved all the empty jewelry boxes as well as the smashed urn with a tiny bit of my dads ashes left inside. I also know that she has been selling the jewelry that she took because a friend came to me with a braclet that she sold him for $20 which he brought to me to see if it was mine. The police saw the room and advised me to go to court.

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